A Big Island grand jury has indicted a 34-year-old Hawaiian Ocean View Estates man in connection with an attempted murder in Ka'u.

The indictment of Anthony Hartz, handed down on Monday, includes one count of attempted murder and one count of terroristic threatening. Police arrested Hartz on Thursday on the strength of a bench warrant issued by the Judge Elizabeth Strance. His bail was set at $50,000.

Initially police arrested Hartz on Oct. 28 and charged him on Oct. 29. Hartz was accused of intentionally driving a sports-utility vehicle into 33-year-old Isaac Couchie of Hawaiian Ocean View Estates while Couchie was on a motorcycle.

Because of delays during a preliminary hearing in District Court, prosecutors took the case to the grand jury.